Summary
Matthew Black is an experienced ICT professional and consultant with over 30 years across network engineering, project and programme management, and executive IT leadership for government and large private organisations. He combines deep technical breadth—from Cisco network design and MS-SQL architecture to enterprise security and infrastructure—with strategic oversight informed by an MBA and a Master of IT (Data Comms). Matthew has led high‑visibility, multimillion‑dollar rollouts and consolidations for clients such as the Australian Department of Defence, multiple NSW and QLD government departments, and large enterprises, and now advises small businesses through short, high-impact engagements. Notable for pairing hands‑on engineering with formal project governance (Prince2, ITIL, and pursuing MSP/PMP), he brings both practical implementation experience and rigorous process discipline. An "alpha‑geek" since the 1980s, he blends long-standing technical curiosity with a rare combination of academic depth and operational delivery.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Information Technology, GPA: 5.0, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Information Technology, GPA: 5.0 at QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), Mathematics and Computer Science, GPA: 4.0, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), Mathematics and Computer Science, GPA: 4.0 at University of New England (AU)